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"Apparently, according to the garage" mine is fecked.
Not very PH I know - 2008 (35K) Grand Suzuki Grand Vitara.
Took it to the garage and the quote was £516!!!!!!!!
Now I'm no mechanic but I had a butchers on Saturday to see if there was any leaks. Quite clearly evident there was a leak on the pipe where the thermostat pipe meets the coolant pipe. Couldn't miss it bubbling away at the joint which had obviously failed where the 2 pipes meet, not by a lot but you could see the water had damped the pipe and I could notice the drip looking under the car.
Me thinks, £30 for a new pipe plus 1 hours labour!
They have quoted me just over £300 for the new rad but spending an afternoon on line I can get it down to anywhere between £85-£100 for the part!
Any pointers????
Thanks in advance!
Not very PH I know - 2008 (35K) Grand Suzuki Grand Vitara.
Took it to the garage and the quote was £516!!!!!!!!
Now I'm no mechanic but I had a butchers on Saturday to see if there was any leaks. Quite clearly evident there was a leak on the pipe where the thermostat pipe meets the coolant pipe. Couldn't miss it bubbling away at the joint which had obviously failed where the 2 pipes meet, not by a lot but you could see the water had damped the pipe and I could notice the drip looking under the car.
Me thinks, £30 for a new pipe plus 1 hours labour!
They have quoted me just over £300 for the new rad but spending an afternoon on line I can get it down to anywhere between £85-£100 for the part!
Any pointers????
Thanks in advance!
Edited by herbialfa on Monday 25th November 18:02
Edited by herbialfa on Monday 25th November 18:03
Changing a radiator isn't that hard but getting it out might be. My Subaru was a piece of piss. Drain coolant, disconnect rad fans, disconnect pipes and out. The Golf on the other hand needs the following: headlights removed, front bumper removed, front crash structure removed, air con rad removed etc etc before you pull the rad. Find out how hard it is and ask the garage to quote for fitting only if it is going to be a PITA
Mark
Mark
markCSC said:
Changing a radiator isn't that hard but getting it out might be. My Subaru was a piece of piss. Drain coolant, disconnect rad fans, disconnect pipes and out. The Golf on the other hand needs the following: headlights removed, front bumper removed, front crash structure removed, air con rad removed etc etc before you pull the rad. Find out how hard it is and ask the garage to quote for fitting only if it is going to be a PITA
Mark
My local garage learnt the hard way on my Octavia not to rely on computer programmes to quote man hours on a rad change!Mark
To their credit the honoured the original quote!
I got a rad from e-bay.Took it to a well known rad place in and around Norwich.They told me it was a leaker and blocked.I only paid £20 for it so did'nt lose much.(they wanted to recore it £129)I then thought I will test it(I worked on gas so have the gear)left it on test over night no leaks ???????????? flushed it out...not blocked.Its now on my 61 MGA and its fine !!!So what do that tell you
Edited by woodytype S on Thursday 28th November 18:57
herbialfa said:
OOPS! Sorry Eddy didn't even think of you, me bad?
Well I managed to source the RAD online & the total bill is now £232 which is reasonable to me!
Again sorry Eddy as I just see you as the daft dad running about with the nippers in the playground and not as a mechanic!
Note to self!
Well, i do not class myself as a plain old mechanic, more an engineer, but from what you say, perhaps you thing i should be a children's entertainer lol.Well I managed to source the RAD online & the total bill is now £232 which is reasonable to me!
Again sorry Eddy as I just see you as the daft dad running about with the nippers in the playground and not as a mechanic!
Note to self!
Eddy
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